pharmacology

[mashamontago]

what's the best way to review pharmacology? flashcards? draw pictures?

what are some of the books that you use?

[cjbarnes2006]

I'm currently taking pharm and, in addition to listening in class and reading the covered chapters, I bought Pharmacology for Nursing Made Incredibly Easy. It helps me understand the material better. I also make drug cards, which include the drug family, Trade and generic names, MOA, and adverse effects.

[Siddhartha]

what is your experience with pharm? most pharmacology books are laid out well and yes, its just knuckle under and read the 3000 page book. from that you will probably work out flash cards and study aids that help. in school i remember we each took a drug classification, studied it to heck and back and then presented our version to each other...teach what you need to learn.

[Lulu222]

I also have the Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy Book and I think its great for understanding the material, but you still need to memorize everything.

My method is to go over my powerpoints from class and constantly repeat the information to myself. After a little while I would repeat it again to see how much I remembered. It gives you a good idea of what you know and what you need to focus on a little more. Flashcards will work but for me I felt like it took a lot of time to make them, taking away from time I could use to memorize the information.

[hwehrle]

Flashcards help me get an A in pharm. I use them to learn the information, then i put everything away put a list of the drugs and right down everything i know about them. It's a really good way to really see what you know and what you need to spend more time knowing. It's practical for the test when you obviously wont have your notes in front of you. : ) I hope that helped

[sethmctenn]

Do everything you can. It's a challenging class and it takes using every technique to get an A. I did flash cards, read, used a study guide, and recorded myself speaking the notes and then burned CDs with that info so I could listen in the car. When I had clinicals, I always made a list of all of my patients' medicines and looked them all up. I also checked to be sure they were within an appropriate dosage range to keep my calculations skills up. When I applied the concepts to real patients, I really started remembering.

Good luck!